Seipenbusch
and his players are enthusiastic advocates and the programme is played
with commitment even if the last degree of refinement is missing. …
see Full Review-
see
also review
by Raymond Walker

A
white-knuckle 90 minutes and a valuable chance to hear Varnay in full
flight. … see Full Review [PQ]Excellent
introduction to Varnay's art as well as a tribute to Mitropoulos. There
are other Varnay Elektras that more fully preserve the soprano's achievement.
… see Full Review
[CG]
A lady clearly in command of all her forces and after one and a half
hours of strenuous singing the voice is as fresh as when it started.
… see Full Review [JN]

Finely
played, faithfully and understandingly conducted and recorded in excellent,
well-balanced sound. see Full Review

Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS(1872-1958)
Fantasia
on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’, Job
- A Masque for Dancing
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley Recorded in the Fairfield
Halls, Croydon on 3 and 4 December 1973 (Tallis) and at St Augustine’s
Church, Kilburn on 24 and 25 June 1985 and 14 and 15 December 1983
EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 7243 5 75314 2 9 [76’52"] [CF]

Ideally,
lovers of this work must own all three available DVDs because they will
give between them an ideal performance of this notoriously difficult
work. If you have to choose one then it should be Abbado (Edinburgh).
....see
Full Review

A
large scale production from last year’s Verona Festival that attempts
to fill the vast space of the open air, 2000 year old Arena. Some subtlety
and pathos is lost as the strong cast project larger-than-life performances
but Leo Nucci and Inva Mula make a superb father/daughter stage partnership
that ensures some exciting moments. ...see Full
Review

If
you can cope with cast changes and are prepared to accept some variable
performances then it’s worth adding this 25th version to
the others; be choosy about which bits you listen to. … See Full
Review

Music
in Brucknerian manner but with imaginative fibre and a symphony that
includes a mighty adagio to treasure.[RB]Music
very much ‘in touch’ with the times. The detailed orchestration has
a French brilliance to it.[GP-J]… see Full Review

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